JOURNEY CAKE, HO!

first edition

1953 · New York

by Sawyer, Ruth; McCloskey, Robert
New York: The Viking Press, 1953. First edition. Near fine in very good dust jacket.. First printing of this delightful take on the tale of the Gingerbread Man, winner of a 1954 Caldecott Honor – scarce in dust jacket. Ruth Sawyer's humorous tale of a runaway cake is brought to life by the art of her son-in-law, Robert McCloskey. JOURNEY CAKE, HO! earned Sawyer and McCloskey a Caldecott Honor, Sawyer's first and McCloskey's third. This is an attractive copy of the beloved story, unusual to find in original dust jacket. 10.25'' x 7.75''. Original cloth boards. Original unclipped ($2.50) color pictorial dust jacket. Pictorial endpapers of Johnny followed (truncated)
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